The trip is open to all and will run the same as any SSA surf camp, but is aimed to provide a comfortable, open and progressing environment for all our clients to concentrate on their surfing.

Our goal is to accelerate your learning curve across the spectrum of the surf lifestyle to become a confident and skillful Surfer. This in combination with complimentary Surf Stretching, Surf Fitness and breathing techniques will offer you unrivaled progression and improvement. …and – film and photo footage of yourself….

What is included:

RT transportation from Sunshine Coast International Airport (MCY) to Safari Surf Adventures home rental in Noosa

(7) Nights’ accommodation at the Salty Stays Villa Del Mare home

Daily breakfast and lunch items stocked in the home for guests to create their own meals

A welcome and farewell BBQ dinner at the house for all guests

Dinners for all other nights out in Noosa area at local restaurants (guests expense)

About the
Venue and Teacher

Safari Surf Adventures is an intensive, hands on coaching tutorial program dedicated to the “inter-mediate” skill level surfers. This program will take surfers to remote locations with high quality point break surf options which are optimum for enhancing one’s surf level.There is a time in every surfer’s “learning curve”, when they get to a point where the need for actual “experience” in certain waves types, conditions, and situations is the only way to not only comprehend those various situations but learn how to act and react to those situations. SSA’s goal will be to expedite the learning curve of these surfers through real time surf experiences with high end surf coaches on hand to guide them. Moving from an intermediate level surfer, where one’s skill set is a solid general grasp of their equipment, relatively strong paddling skills, enough wave knowledge to put oneself in position to and actually catch an open faced wave, basic bottom and top turns are easy for this surfer to achieve. These surfers are ready to advance to the next level but the majority do not know how to do so. They are stuck… stuck surfing marginal beach breaks, stuck thinking they have had all the instruction they need but can’t figure out why they can’t progress. They don’t have the confidence to tackle different situations to progress their surfing… be it larger waves, surfing reef or rock breaks, to confidence in their overall abilities. It is these surfers who we are marketing to. These surfers who have enough skills to advance to the next level but do not have one or more of the following attributes: Confidence, Know how / technique, and Ocean awareness. It is these items that SSA will be teaching to our guests in our highly educational based programs. In this program we are looking to work with the ‘right’ locations around the globe. We are looking for relatively remote locations with excellent surf (preferably point breaks – rock, reef, sand) at the given time that can allow our guests to experience a “real” wave under the watchful eyes and tutelage of our high end surf coaches (ISA — International Surf Association — Level 2 or equivalent & Lifeguard as well as first aid). We also want to be able to offer our guests quality accommodations already established at the location that allow the guests to relax and enjoy their vacation and surroundings.

Serena is a professional surfer, surf coach, charity worker and mother based in Queensland, Australia. Serena enjoyed a 14-year competitive surf career with the World Surf League where she picked up the nickname ‘sauce’ from putting tomato sauce on almost everything she ate! Among her notable accomplishments was winning the Billabong Pro Australia title and achieving a temporary #1 overall ranking in 2001. Serena has finished with #2 ranking twice on the World Championship Tour. Serena has watched the sport grow exponentially as a key part of the evolution of women’s surfing and will remain an icon of the sport indefinitely.
Besides Serena’s passion for surfing she enjoys fitness, snowboarding, coaching and family time, being one of 6 sisters! Serena’s curious nature has fostered a great love of traveling to new places and experiencing new things, particularly high energy locations where she can learn more about herself and evolve on her spiritual journey.
Philosophically, Serena prefers not to conform to the socially conditioned rollercoaster of modern life, nor buy into society’s fear based perceptions. As an individual, she strives to do what makes her happy – without fear or guilt, while embracing love and respect for herself and others. Serena’s favourite animals are rabbits – which also happen to be her Chinese sign.

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